diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
index 51a95239fe06..2bdfb2bfe88a 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for cpupower
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2005,2006 Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
+# Copyright (C) 2025      Francesco Poli <invernomuto@paranoici.org>
 #
 # Based largely on the Makefile for udev by:
 #
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ bindir ?=	/usr/bin
 sbindir ?=	/usr/sbin
 mandir ?=	/usr/man
 libdir ?=	/usr/lib
+libexecdir ?=	/usr/libexec
 includedir ?=	/usr/include
 localedir ?=	/usr/share/locale
 docdir ?=       /usr/share/doc/packages/cpupower
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ CP = cp -fpR
 INSTALL = /usr/bin/install -c
 INSTALL_PROGRAM = ${INSTALL}
 INSTALL_DATA  = ${INSTALL} -m 644
+SETPERM_DATA  = chmod 644
 #bash completion scripts get sourced and so they should be rw only.
 INSTALL_SCRIPT = ${INSTALL} -m 644
 
@@ -299,6 +302,14 @@ install-tools: $(OUTPUT)cpupower
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(OUTPUT)cpupower $(DESTDIR)${bindir}
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)${bash_completion_dir}
 	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) cpupower-completion.sh '$(DESTDIR)${bash_completion_dir}/cpupower'
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)${confdir}default
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) cpupower.default '$(DESTDIR)${confdir}default/cpupower'
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)${libexecdir}
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) cpupower.sh '$(DESTDIR)${libexecdir}/cpupower'
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)${libdir}/systemd/system
+	sed 's|___CDIR___|$(DESTDIR)${confdir}|; s|___LDIR___|$(DESTDIR)${libexecdir}|' cpupower.service.in > '$(DESTDIR)${libdir}/systemd/system/cpupower.service'
+	$(SETPERM_DATA) '$(DESTDIR)${libdir}/systemd/system/cpupower.service'
+	if test -d /run/systemd/system; then systemctl daemon-reload; fi
 
 install-man:
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D man/cpupower.1 $(DESTDIR)${mandir}/man1/cpupower.1
@@ -333,6 +344,9 @@ uninstall:
 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${includedir}/cpufreq.h
 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${includedir}/cpuidle.h
 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${bindir}/utils/cpupower
+	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${confdir}default/cpupower
+	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${libexecdir}/cpupower
+	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${libdir}/systemd/system/cpupower.service
 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${mandir}/man1/cpupower.1
 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${mandir}/man1/cpupower-frequency-set.1
 	- rm -f $(DESTDIR)${mandir}/man1/cpupower-frequency-info.1
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/README b/tools/power/cpupower/README
index 2678ed81d311..3c34ef67e0cf 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/README
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/README
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ $ sudo make install
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 | man pages              | /usr/man                                   |
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+| systemd service        | /usr/lib                                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+| systemd support script | /usr/libexec                               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 To put it in other words it makes build results available system-wide,
 enabling any user to simply start using it without any additional steps
@@ -109,6 +113,10 @@ The files will be installed to the following dirs:
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 | man pages              | ${DESTDIR}/usr/man                         |
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+| systemd service        | ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib                         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+| systemd support script | ${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec                     |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 If you look at the table for the default 'make' output dirs you will
 notice that the only difference with the non-default case is the
@@ -173,6 +181,16 @@ The issue is that binary cannot find the 'libcpupower' library. So, we
 shall point to the lib dir:
 sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=lib64/ ./bin/cpupower
 
+systemd service
+---------------
+
+A systemd service is also provided to run the cpupower utility at boot with
+settings read from a configuration file. In order to enable this systemd
+service, edit '${DESTDIR}/etc/default/cpupower' and then issue the following
+command:
+
+$ sudo systemctl enable --now cpupower.service
+
 
 THANKS
 ------
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.default b/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.default
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2fd3c37e277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.default
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2012, Sébastien Luttringer
+# Copyright (C) 2024, Francesco Poli <invernomuto@paranoici.org>
+
+# defaults file for linux-cpupower
+
+# --- CPU clock frequency ---
+
+# Define CPU governor
+# valid governors: ondemand, performance, powersave, conservative, userspace.
+#GOVERNOR='ondemand'
+
+# Limit frequency range
+# Valid suffixes: Hz, kHz (default), MHz, GHz, THz
+#MIN_FREQ="2.25GHz"
+#MAX_FREQ="3GHz"
+
+# Specific frequency to be set.
+# Requires userspace governor to be available.
+# If this option is set, all the previous frequency options are ignored
+#FREQ=
+
+# --- CPU policy ---
+
+# Sets a register on supported Intel processore which allows software to convey
+# its policy for the relative importance of performance versus energy savings to
+# the  processor. See man (1) CPUPOWER-SET for additional details.
+#PERF_BIAS=
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.service.in b/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.service.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f91eaed03872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.service.in
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2020, Sébastien Luttringer
+# Copyright (C) 2024, Francesco Poli <invernomuto@paranoici.org>
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Apply cpupower configuration
+ConditionVirtualization=!container
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+EnvironmentFile=-___CDIR___default/cpupower
+ExecStart=___LDIR___/cpupower
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.sh b/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a37dd4cfdb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2012, Sébastien Luttringer
+# Copyright (C) 2024, Francesco Poli <invernomuto@paranoici.org>
+
+ESTATUS=0
+
+# apply CPU clock frequency options
+if test -n "$FREQ"
+then
+    cpupower frequency-set -f "$FREQ" > /dev/null || ESTATUS=1
+elif test -n "${GOVERNOR}${MIN_FREQ}${MAX_FREQ}"
+then
+    cpupower frequency-set \
+      ${GOVERNOR:+ -g "$GOVERNOR"} \
+      ${MIN_FREQ:+ -d "$MIN_FREQ"} ${MAX_FREQ:+ -u "$MAX_FREQ"} \
+      > /dev/null || ESTATUS=1
+fi
+
+# apply CPU policy options
+if test -n "$PERF_BIAS"
+then
+    cpupower set -b "$PERF_BIAS" > /dev/null || ESTATUS=1
+fi
+
+exit $ESTATUS
